Tree, hedge and land work

Tree surgery & pruning

Keeping trees healthy, safe and the right size

Most trees need managing rather than removing. Good pruning keeps a tree healthy, lets more light into the garden and reduces the risk of branches failing.

• Crown reduction — reducing the overall size of the canopy while keeping its natural form
• Crown thinning — removing selected branches to let light and wind through
• Crown lifting — removing lower branches for clearance over paths, drives and lawns
• Pollarding — regular cutting back for willows, limes, planes and similar
• Deadwooding — removing dead or hazardous limbs, especially over paths and play areas
• Fruit tree pruning — formative and restorative work on apples, pears, plums

All pruning is carried out to BS3998, the British Standard for tree work.

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Felling & dismantling

Safe removal, whatever the space

Sometimes a tree is dead, diseased, dangerous or simply in the wrong place. Where there's room we'll fell it in one; where there isn't — next to a house, over a greenhouse, in a churchyard — we dismantle it in sections, lowering each piece on ropes.

• Rigging and lowering over buildings, fences and conservatories
• Removal of dead, diseased (including ash dieback) and storm-damaged trees
• TPO and conservation-area applications handled for you
• All timber and brash removed, or logs left for you if you want them

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Hedges

Cutting, reducing, removing and laying

Hedges are a big part of what we do — from an annual trim of a garden privet to bringing a 15-foot leylandii back down to a manageable height, or laying a field hedge the traditional way.

• Annual and one-off hedge trimming, any length
• Height and width reductions on overgrown hedges (leylandii, laurel, beech, hawthorn)
• Hedge removal and root grubbing
• Traditional hedge laying for field and boundary hedges
• School, church and community boundary hedges, worked around your timetable
• All clippings removed

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Stump grinding

Get rid of the stump, not just the tree

A stump left behind gets in the way of mowing, sprouts regrowth and can harbour honey fungus. We grind stumps out to well below ground level, so you can re-turf, plant or lay a patio straight over the spot.

• Stumps of any size, including those from trees we didn't fell
• Narrow-access machine fits through a standard garden gate
• Ground to around 200–300mm below the surface, deeper on request
• Grindings can be left to settle or removed and the hole backfilled

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Site & garden clearance

Overgrown ground brought back under control

Whether it's the bottom of a garden nobody's been to in years, a neglected churchyard corner or a plot that needs clearing before building work, we'll cut it back, take it away and leave you a blank canvas.

• Brambles, scrub and self-seeded saplings cleared
• Ivy removed from trees and walls
• Overgrown gardens, paddocks and boundaries
• Pre-build and pre-sale plot clearance

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Storm damage & emergencies

When a tree comes down, call us first

High winds bring down branches and whole trees, often onto fences, sheds, drives and roads. We'll make the situation safe, clear the tree and, if needed, sort out the rest of it once the weather has passed.

• Fallen and hanging branches made safe and removed
• Uprooted or split trees dismantled and cleared
• Dangerous trees assessed honestly — we'll tell you if it can wait
• Photos and written reports for insurance claims

We're a small team so we can't promise 24-hour cover, but we'll tell you straight away when we can get to you.

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